News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Two Former Arkansas Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Federal Civil Rights Offenses for Using Excessive Force

News Release: FORT SMITH - The Justice Department announced today that a federal Grand Jury returned an Indictment charging former Crawford County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s Deputies Levi White, age 32, and Zackary King, age 27, with federal civil rights offenses for using excessive force on a 27-year-old man during the arrest of that man at a gas station in Mulberry, Arkansas, on Aug. 21, 2022.


Chairs Rodgers and Guthrie Announce First Health Subcommittee Legislative Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced the first legislative hearing in the Subcommittee on Health of the 118th Congress. It will focus on the illicit fentanyl poisoning crisis, the cybersecurity breach of suicide lifelines, and Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) measures.


DHS and DOT Host Joint ‘Intersections of Human Trafficking and International Aviation’ Roundtable

News Release: International Air Carriers Servicing the U.S. Invited to Join the Blue Lightning Initiative


Imposing Visa Restrictions on Individuals Involved in Undermining the Democratic Process in Nigeria

News Release: We are committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world. Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian election.


Long Island Contractor Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud in Connection with Hurricane Sandy

News Release: Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC (DCG) in Freeport, New York, has been charged in a 20-count indictment with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud in connection with a scheme to induce individuals to hire the defendant and pay DCG to lift their Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes. Almaraz is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon in federal court in Central Islip before United States Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on March 21

BJA FY 23 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grant opened on Jan. 26.


Joint Statement on Syria

Release: Representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States met at the envoys level in Geneva with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on January 24 to discuss the crisis in Syria. .


Republican PELL Act Will Revolutionize the Workforce

News Release: Today, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), along with Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Agriculture Committee Chair "GT" Thompson (R-PA), introduced H.R. 496, the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act, which expands educational and credentialing opportunities for workers looking to gain skills in high-demand fields.


National Park Service Structural Fire Program reaccredited by Pro Board

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 2 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Scenic View/Photo Spot. You have reached the end of the Lost Mine Trail. Lost Mine Peak, at 7,650 feet in elevation, dominates the skyline to the north across Upper Pine Canyon. The peak's name comes...


Conversations About Change: Observations of Environmental Change in Alaska

News Release: by Stephanie Johnson Dixon, 2007. Introduction. This project started as a result of watching too much public television. In early October of 2007 PBS ran a series by the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. This series, “The War," (or as pronounced by an old witness from Alabama who both looked and sounded...



Justice Department publishes notice on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-AI Infrastructure Alliance, Inc. on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The Largest Dam Removal in the U.S. gets Approved on the Klamath

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Wilderness access trail from Kachina Point. Significance: Off the Beaten Path Route to Onyx Bridge. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. When you get to the bottom of the steep hill, the trail is well-worn and easy to see as it passes between the red badland hills. Please do...


Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Trudeau Travels to Kansas and Missouri

News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri, from January 26-27. Her two-day trip underscores the importance the Department of State places on bringing U.S. foreign policy to the American ...


U.S. Attorney's Office Files Suit Against Landlord Alleging Sexual Harassment of Tenant

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that it has filed a civil complaint in federal district court alleging that Vernon C. Morgan, Jr., violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of sex when he subjected a former tenant at a property he owns in...


Seasonal Change: Observations of Environmental Change in Alaska Coastal Parks

News Release: This is Part 3 of "What Daddy and Mother Did in the War," by their daughter, Stephanie Johnson Dixon. Read Part 2 first.


Calaveras County Added to Major Disaster Declaration

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Calaveras County has been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on Feb. 1

Staffing Analysis Training grant opened on Jan. 26.


Former Leader of the Violent "Clan del Golfo" Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

News Release: Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel," pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise-the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo" (CDG). Úsuga David also pleaded guilty to related drug distribution...